Johann Kepler: Blueprints of the Universe

dc.contributor.author	Magruder, Kerry
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-27T01:53:40Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-27T01:53:40Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	Johann Kepler's "Mystery of the Universe" is rightly considered one of the brilliant illustrations in the history of astronomy. In it, Kepler used the five regular Pythagorean solids to refute the major objections to Copernicanism. In this work he demonstrated that vast empty regions lying between the planetary spheres, which were required by Copernicus, were not wasted space. Rather, these gaps perfectly matched, within the limits of observational error, the geometry of the 5 regular Pythagorean solids. This OER explores the role of Kepler's blueprints of the universe in explaining planetary position.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Kerry Magruder, "Johann Kepler: Blueprints of the Universe," Lynx Open Ed, 2015.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11244/23344
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Learning Leaflet;
dc.subject	Galileo's World	en_US
dc.subject	History of Science	en_US
dc.subject	Iconic Images	en_US
dc.subject	astronomy	en_US
dc.title	Johann Kepler: Blueprints of the Universe	en_US
dc.type	Learning Object	en_US